Sony's Ken Kutaragi leaving SCE chairman and CEO spots in June
By Paul Miller 
posted Apr 26th 2007 11:30AM
posted Apr 26th 2007 11:30AM
It wasn't hard to see something like this coming, with Kaz Hirai swiping Ken's President position over Sony Computer Entertainment late last year, but now Sony has gone and made it official: Ken Kutaragi, creator of the PlayStation and all-around good looking guy, will retire from his chairman and CEO posts over Sony Computer Entertainment on June 19th. Kaz will fill the CEO spot, while Ken will maintain "honorary" status as chairman of the group and will hang around with Sony CEO Howard Stringer, acting as senior technology adviser. We only have Sony's word to go on that this is a "retirement," instead of being "relieved" in response to recent troubles in PlayStation land. But any way you slice it, Ken had a good run, sold a few consoles, and can most likely officially wash his hands of that PlayStation Eye 'fro-cam his successor will have the pleasure of pushing. [Warning: subscription required]
Wasn't it Nintendo? Ken just stole it.
DEMOTED!!!
It is about time Sony killed off one of the Krazies,
1 dead
1 to go.
Recently those insane bastards have done more harm to the Sony Brand than good.
ahahaha pwned!!
RIIIIIIIIIIIIDGE RACER!
This is not a total surprise.
All has not been well inside Sony for a while. We're finally seeing the results of that.
oh, im sorry. thats teh suxxorx
Somebody has to say it:
Kutaragi was attacked for massive damage!
If Sony were an American company, he would've gotten a $20 million bonus.
Good riddance.
Ken's time has past. While his efforts to make a versatile product (PS3) were respectable...the costs and implementation were equally horrible.
"Good riddance.
Ken's time has past. While his efforts to make a versatile product (PS3) were respectable...the costs and implementation were equally horrible."
What's horrible is your spelling.
My spelling is fine. I accidentally used "past" instead of "passed". I was aware of the mistake and would have gladly edited the comment if possible.
Instead of poorly trying to insult someone, you could simply disagree.
A $600 price tag for the PS3 not including the $60 per game means someone's head should roll.
Apprently, that head is the head of the competition. We'll just have to wait and see though, because Blu-Ray sales are destroying HD DVD, and the PS3 is getting ready for some great games. A year from now we will be able to compare the PS3 to the 360 more fairly.
I know the Japanese are all about honor and such. Stuff that brings shame and dishonor is usually punished highly. But this is a gentle passing for someone who made something like the PS3 :S
I almost died when I saw that pic, does engadget keep increasing the size of that playstation each time a article posts becuase that thing is getting bigger then a fridge (:
Thats friggan funny
Nice Lame-Ass Photoshop Job n the PS3 bTW....
L.
Am I the only one who sees parallels to Gunpei Yokoi (Creator of the fabulous Game Boy and the excessively technological failure of the Virtual Boy)?
Now he is going to die in a car crash.
"We'll just have to wait and see though, because Blu-Ray sales are destroying HD DVD"
LOL...oh no..you aren't a Sony fanboy. Please. Destroying? They are almost the same sales number! Hardly destroying. Actually, if going by sales figures, then the same ol' regular DVD format we have had for years is the one doing the destroying here.
@lanejasper69:
"Nice Lame-Ass Photoshop Job n the PS3 bTW....
L."
Yeah, that's not a Photo-Shop job. That was one of the early prototypes. If it were a Photo-Shop prank, then the disc drive would not be that size, rather, it would be proportional with the rest of the PS3. That disc drive is the right size, but the rest of the PS3 isn't. That really just disproves your lame-ass claim.
ZOMG! Engadget has the word 'Sony' in the top 5 'Breaking News' stories! What do I win?
But seriously, what's up with that?
Note to self -- engadget strips fake <sarcasm> tags. And if they strip those too, my bad.
Man, the planets must be even closer in alignment. In the top 5 'Featured Stories' as well, 4 out of 5 are about the Xbox 360, and the other one is windows mobile.
Crazy.
Good riddence? sure, the ps3 isn't doing so well right now but if it weren't for ken kuturagi, there would be no playstation, as in no ps1, or ps2. how can you say good riddence?
Oooo, given a "window office". That's gotta hurt.
nice photo editing, engadget.